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French & Indian War
British Revenue Acts
Increasing Tensions
The Revolution
The Critical Period
100
French fort at the meeting of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers
What is Fort Duquesne
100
Passed in 1764, this was the first of the unpopular acts meant to raise revenue
What is The Sugar Act
100
1770 event greatly exaggerated for propaganda purposes
What is The Boston Massacre
100
Where the "Shot heard 'round the world" was fired
What is Lexington, MA
100
This period was caused by the weaknesses of this early set of U.S. laws
What is The Articles of Confederation
200
Type of warfare the French & Indians used against the British troops
What is Guerilla Warfare
200
1765 act that angered professionals in the colonies
What is The Stamp Act
200
1773 act of property damage against the British East India Company
What is The Boston Tea Party
200
Where Washington and his troops spent a very cold winter in 1777-78
What is Valley Forge
200
Rebellion of MA farmers that culminated this period
What is Shays' Rebellion
300
After the British capture of this Canadian city, defeat for the French was inevitable
What is Quebec
300
Act passed by Britain at the same time the Stamp Act was repealed
What is The Declaratory Act
300
Secret groups formed by the colonists for the purpose of organizing the rebellion against Britain
What are Committees of Correspondence
300
France became our formal ally after this October 1777 battle in up-state NY
What is Saratoga
300
1786 meeting held in Maryland to discuss problems of commerce between the states
What is The Annapolis Convention
400
City that formed west of the Appalachians at the junction of the Three Rivers
What is Pittsburgh
400
Group of acts issued in1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party
What is Intolerable Acts
400
Document that listed 27 grievances of the colonists against Britain
What is The Declaration of Independence
400
1781 Battle in which Cornwallis was trapped by Washington and the French on the peninsula in Virginia
What is Yorktown
400
Number of votes each state received under the Articles of Confederation
What is One
500
Uprising by Native Americans at the end of the French & Indian War in the Great Lakes Region
What is Pontiac's Rebellion
500
The group of acts passed in 1767 that replaced the Stamp Act
What is the Townshend Acts
500
The most successful means of resistance practiced by the colonists against British merchants
What is Boycotting
500
The fort on the Hudson River that Benedict Arnold conspired to hand over to the British
What is West Point
500
The most successful provision of the Articles of Confederation that allowed for the admission of new states to the Union
What is the Northwest Ordinance